A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft, Miriam Brody (Editor, Introduction by, Notes by)
ISBN-10: 0141441259
ISBN-13: 9780141441252
$13.00
Book Specs
Binding
UK-B Format Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Published on
Sep 28, 2004
Edition
3rd Edition
Dimensions
5.10x0.80x7.80 Inches
Weight
0.60 Pounds
About the Book
Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation- an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft's work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - Walpole called her 'a hyena in petticoats' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.